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Month: June 2016

New_ CONCAWE report on Environmental fate and effects of poly- and perfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS)

June 23, 2016July 11, 2016 Claire Dickinson Contaminated Land

PFAS is just one of the emerging contaminants of concern at the moment but with the EU in 2013 setting an annual average environmental quality standard (AA-EQS) for PFOS in surface freshwater of 0,00065 μg/l […]

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Useful Resources and other GEMs for PAHs

June 23, 2016July 8, 2016 Claire Dickinson Contaminated Land

Polyaromatic Hydrocarbons(PAHs) are often detected in the UK as part of a suite of soil analysis used when assessing land quality.  There has been much debate over the risks posed by PAHs in soil and […]

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Are you using tyre bales in civil engineering and landfill infrastructure works ?

June 14, 2016 Claire Dickinson Waste

Then you might want to read the Environment Agency’s Position Statement 085 which sets out the requirements where an environmental permit or variation to a permit, in relation to a waste operation for the use […]

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Research Theme – Soil Moisture Content

June 13, 2016June 13, 2016 Claire Dickinson Contaminated Land

Soil moisture content is the most critical parameter in determining the releasibility of asbestos fibres from soil, and yet there is very little understanding of what typical UK soil moisture levels are, or how they […]

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Asbestos, the “unexpected” risk when coring through ground floor slabs

June 9, 2016 Claire Dickinson Contaminated Land

How often when doing an investigation do you consider whether asbestos may be present beneath a ground floor slab? And how unexpected is it? Perhaps more common than you might think. Yesterday both WYG and […]

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Artesian Conditions and Borehole Reinstatement

June 7, 2016July 12, 2016 Claire Dickinson Site Investigation

Ever wondered how to plug a borehole after encountering artesian conditions. Well no need to wonder anymore just take a look at Liz Withington’s post which gives directions for when and how to use a […]

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Crossrail Lessons Learnt

June 5, 2016 Claire Dickinson Geotechnics

If you missed last November’s Federation of Piling Specialists and Crossrail’s jointly hosted conference on “lessons learnt during the constriution of deep foundations and ground stabilisation works of the new Crossrail railway” you can now […]

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Mine Shaft Capping – Did your design take account of Climate Change?

June 5, 2016June 5, 2016 Claire Dickinson Geotechnics

Something to think about if the recent case reported by The Coal Authority is anything to go by. A shaft treated by a private consultant only 10 years ago collapsed with the mechanism of failure […]

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New _The Groundwater (Water Framework Directive) (England) Direction 2016

June 5, 2016July 11, 2016 Claire Dickinson Contaminated Land

This is the latest Direction to the Environment Agency for the implementation of Articles 3, 4 and 5 of the Groundwater Directive.and can be found at https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/525723/groundwater-ea-direction.pdf As a result The Groundwater (Water Framework Directive) […]

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Conversion between fibres/millimetre (f/ml) in air and fibres/cubic metre (f/m3) in air

June 3, 2016June 3, 2016 Claire Dickinson Useful Numbers and Conversions

( standard measurements used for asbestos fibre concentrations in air – CIRIA 733) [table id=3 /]

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GeoEnv_MattersClaire Dickinson@GeoEnv_Matters·
16 Oct

Working on CIRIA ‘s update of their Environment Good Practice on Site has really brought home to me the crisis facing wildlife in the UK. Thank you for sharing . https://lnkd.in/e--YdEQv

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A great evening, good to catch up with you in person! Thanks to Ben de Waal at The Fiscal Incentives Group for inviting me to join you all https://lnkd.in/e76czF59

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GeoEnv_MattersClaire Dickinson@GeoEnv_Matters·
11 Oct

With the change in criteria for assessing #waterquality 0% of #surfacewater bodies meet the criteria for achieving good chemical status in England see for details https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/state-of-the-water-environment-indicator-b3-supporting-evidence/state-of-the-water-environment-indicator-b3-supporting-evidence

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16 Aug

Updated to correct information relating to some of the surface water statistics quoted when first published in 2021 https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/drinking-water-protected-areas-challenges-for-the-water-environment?utm_medium=email

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GeoEnv_MattersClaire Dickinson@GeoEnv_Matters·
5 Aug

Not good news for ‘building back better,’ with recovery permits becoming a more common requirement on #brownfield sites. If you have been affected by this issue as a result of not being able to use the DoWCoP and have not filled in SiLC (Specialist in La…https://lnkd.in/d3rr2SCz

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